2014 年 72 巻 5 号 p. 518-528
Ionic liquids have been investigated extensively in recent years. They are a class of solvents with peculiar properties and have many advantages in comparison to classical organic solvent from the standpoint of green chemistry. For the aim to discuss potential of ionic liquids for organic syntheses, this mini review has focused on three topics: the first is how to use ionic liquids as solvents for transition metal catalysis mediated reactions, and the second is recent progress using supported ionic liquid phase catalysis. The last topic is activation of several types of reactions using ionic liquids.